Orbital Sciences Corporation

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

Pegasus XL

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 · 16:00 UTC

Mission

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Designed to image high-energy X-ray radiation, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is tasked with surveying regions surrounding the center of own Milky Way Galaxy and performing deep observations of the extragalactic sky, studying black holes and supernovas.

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Pegasus XL

Launch Pad

Kwajalein Atoll

Air launch to orbit

8.717° N, 167.733° E

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